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Western Canadian agronomy extension

Working together could go a long way to benefit both farmers and agronomists

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Where do you go for reliable, unbiased, up-to-date agronomy advice? It’s difficult to keep up with and evaluate the latest agronomic opportunities, innovations, research and technologies that might benefit the bottom line of your farming operation. To further complicate things, information different sources can be contradictory. Different companies often have conflicting information or recommendations. How […] Read more
Columns, Markets

Woulda, shoulda, coulda

Market risk strategies can lower the risk of pre-pricing grain early in the year

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You can’t evaluate your grain marketing decisions until much later in the year, when you can look back to see what happened in the markets. What can you do to make it easier to make these decisions? First, knowing your costs of production is likely the most important aspect to helping you make good marketing […] Read more
Extending information to farmers
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Extending information to farmers

For 40 years, Grainews and Les Henry have shared ag research with farmers

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Looking back on Les Henry’s 40 years of Grainews columns causes me to reflect on how most things have improved in Prairie agriculture, though a few haven’t. I got my start as first field editor of Grainews in 1976, around the same time as Les started writing his columns. One of my first stories was on the proper […] Read more
Brown young calf in barn pen.
Cattleman’s Corner, Livestock, The Dairy Corner

Dairy Corner: Good starter provides a good start

Make sure the starter has proper nutrients but also great taste

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In recent years, I have seen a lot of pressure on dairy producers to feed more whole milk or milk replacer to their pre-weaned calves. University trials show baby calves fed high levels of milk turn it into superior bodyweight, girth and height at weaning, which make better future-lactating cows. Not to be overshadowed, there […] Read more
Making those tough decisions
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Making those tough decisions

Agronomy, marketing, economics. Farmers have many decisions to make during the year

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Back in the beginning of this growing year, it was an early and warm spring season. Many farmers started seeding early, aware that they were taking on the risk of a frost and having to reseed. That gamble paid off for the majority of farmers who took the risk, as the weather stayed warm and […] Read more
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Farm Financial Planner: No heirs? That’s not a problem

A solution for retirement and a legacy for a Manitoba couple with no farm successor

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In south central Manitoba, a couple we’ll call the Bretts have a 640-acre mixed farming operation. Jack and his wife, Martha, each 61, have a son, 30, with an off-farm job. Their son is not interested in taking over the family business. It’s inevitable that Jack and Martha will want to leave their farm. It […] Read more
Evie Carver and Blue Jeans await their turn during the gymkhana during the Bonnyville Fall Fair and Farmers’ Market.
Columns

Reporter’s Notebook: The landscape makes its mark

People and culture are influenced by the environment more than we realize

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There are two eyes in the head — the eye of mystery, and the eye of harsh truth — the hidden and the open — the woods eye and the prairie eye. The prairie eye looks for distance, clarity, and light; the woods eye for closeness, complexity, and darkness. The prairie eye looks for usefulness […] Read more
This picture of me in my office last month is a little more current, and the computer is a little more modern than in the photo below.
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40 years of writing for Grainews

Les Henry reflects on his 40 year tenure in the pages of Grainews

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It is hard to imagine that 40 years have slipped by since I scribbled my first piece for Grainews in 1976. It was “Nitrogen: When, what kind and how much to apply.” Today we would call it the 3 Rs: Right time, right source and right rate. The 4th R, right placement, was yet to […] Read more
Columns, Hart Attacks

Why not a closed-for-business wall?

The Canada-EU trade deal (nearly) crumbles, leaving seven years of negotiation in its wake

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I think if Prime Minister Trudeau had any gumption at all he would build a wall to keep Americans and Belgians out of Canada. If they don’t like our trade deals we’ll just keep our scenery, oil and hockey players to ourselves. With this issue of Grainews being published on U.S. election day, I am […] Read more

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